<p>I wish is was just a matter of sloppy citations or errors, but I’m afraid cheating has become more common as electronic do-dads make it easier to do. At the freshman level, academic dishonesty needs to be defined. They’re aware of the obvious, copying papers, texting each other answers during a test, photographing test with a phone for someone in another section. They’re fuzzy on some other issues, and then, yes, what does one do about it when it is discovered? Because cheaters hurt others as well as themselves. When grades are curves, when programs have limited spots, when campus jobs go to students with the best GPAs, honest students can suffer. </p>
<p>What I’ve encountered in the past - student takes a take-home test to her tutor. Student has signed a document for professor stating she will work on her own. Tutor discovers the pledge paper at end of session. Should the tutor turn in the student?</p>
<p>Online tests/quizzes are often very grey areas for students. Test is online outside of class. Are you allowed to take it as a group if not expressly forbidden to do so? There’s no group option for turning in the test. Each person has to sign in to the account and submit his or her own answers. </p>
<p>Another study group has procured a test from last semester. THe test is not identical, but darn close. The prof does not return tests for students to keep, and students in the group know this. Is this cheating? Should someone tell the prof that a test has escaped?</p>